<VV> (garage lighting info) (Permitting)NO CORVAIR

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Joel,
    You're so fortunate to live in an area with minimal  government 
interference.  You're also lucky to be able to make a living in  a location where 
you can afford a large piece of property.  Here in  northern NJ we have to 
live in MUCH smaller areas and still pay for all that  government "help".  On 
my QUARTER acre property I'm lucky to have a small  TWO car garage when most 
of my neighbors have only ONE car garages.  And  many of these properties 
are in the $300,000+ price range.  My  property taxes are over $7000 yearly, 
mostly to pay for educating other peoples  children (government "help" ain't 
cheap!).
    We can't make changes in our houses or  property without getting 
municipal inspections.  And our cost for  electricity is over 13 cents per KWH but 
that has come down from the former 15  cents.
    Now that I'm retired and no longer have to commute  84 miles per day to 
work and back, I'm sorely tempted to move out to some less  congested and 
less regulated area.
    Good luck in finding the place you want OUTSIDE the  city.
Frank Burkhard
Boonton, NJ      
 
 
In a message dated 10/8/2012 11:23:39 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
joel at joelsplace.com writes:

Where I  live the owner can supposedly do their own wiring.  It just has to 
be the  owner and not anyone else.  On existing service the electric 
company  doesn't care.  When I wired my shop I had to pull the meter to connect to 
 the service.  I called the electric company and told them I was cutting  
their seal to do some work and then I called them back when I was done to 
have  them re-seal it.  No problems and no inspections.  New service would  be 
different I'm sure.  All this government meddling is one of the big  reasons 
I'm putting in an offer on a house tomorrow that is outside the city  
limits.  I wonder how many Covairs will fit on 4.8 acres?
Around 1936  by a quick guesstimate.  I'll have to take off a few to leave 
room for  the house and shop.
Joel  McGregor